Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning
C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- C#, E#, G#, B, D
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 b9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 13
- Chord symbols
- C#7b9
- Tuning
- D A D F# A D
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- D2 to D4
- 24-fret range
- D2 to D6
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 D (b9), string 4 D (b9), and string 1 D (b9). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the C# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 7, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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